Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1572 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: alienate, rough, neglect, shun, sparse, penetrate

Kunyomi: うと.い うと.む まば.ら

Onyomi: ショ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: bolt of cloth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

sparse, distant (of a relationship), estranged, alienated

ソカイ dispersal, evacuation, removal, spreading out (troops), deployment

カソ underpopulation, low population density, depopulation

クウソ empty (e.g. argument), insubstantial, hollow, fruitless

Kunyomi Examples

うとい distant (from someone), aloof, estranged, knowing little (of), ill-informed (about), ignorant (of), unfamiliar (with), unacquainted (with)

うとむ to shun, to avoid, to ostracize, to neglect, to distance oneself from, to give the hard shoulder

まばら sparse, thin, scattered, straggling, sporadic